I received one morning a message from poor Goldsmith that he was in great distress, and as it was not in his power to come to me, begging that I would come to him as soon as possible. I sent him a guinea, and promised to come to him directly. I accordingly... Oliver Goldsmith, His Friends and Critics: A Lecture - Page 47by James Whiteside - 1862 - 80 pagesFull view - About this book
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1841 - 398 pages
...connected with this work, as U was related to him by Johnson. " I reccived one morning," said Johnson, " a message from poor Goldsmith that he was in great distress, and, as U was not In his power to come to me, begging that I would come to him as soon as possible. I sent... | |
| Robert Walsh, Eliakim Littell, John Jay Smith - 1825 - 656 pages
...See Life of Goldsmith, prefixed to his Works, in four volumes, 1801. Vol. p. 42. P. 48. Pp. 48, 49. "I received one morning a message from poor Goldsmith,...him directly. I accordingly went as soon as I was dressed, and found that his landlady had arrested him for his rent, at which he was in a violent passion.... | |
| 1850 - 642 pages
...We cannot do better than give it in Dr. Johnson's own words. " I received one morning," he says, " a message from poor Goldsmith that he was in great...him directly. I accordingly went as soon as I was dressed, and found that his landlady had arrested him for rent, at which he was in a violent passion... | |
| Polyphilus (pseud.) - 1844 - 268 pages
...such meetings should lie private.' The Theatrical Chronicle. Dr. Johnson and the Vicar of Wakefield. " I received one morning a message from poor Goldsmith that he was in great distress, and begging that I would come to him as soon as possible, I sent him a guinea, and promised to come to... | |
| 1848 - 614 pages
...life, which Boswell narrates in his Life of Johnson, as told by himself. " I received," said Johnson, " one morning, a message from poor Goldsmith that he was in great distress, and begging that I would come to him as soon as possible. I sent him a guinea, and promised to come to... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1845 - 550 pages
...been mis-stated, it may be proper to give an authentic detail of it as narrated by Johnson himself. "I received one morning a message from poor Goldsmith...him directly. I accordingly went as soon as I was dressed, and found that his landlady had arrested him for his rent, at which he was in a violent passion... | |
| People - 1845 - 348 pages
...related by Dr. Johnson to Boswell, who has thus recorded it : "I received one morning," said Johnson, "a message from poor Goldsmith that he was in great...him directly. I accordingly went as soon as I was dressed, and found that his landlady had arrested him for his rent, at which he was in a violent passion.... | |
| James Boswell - 1846 - 602 pages
...interference, when this novel was sold. I shall give it authentically from Johnson's own exact narration: " I received one morning a message from poor Goldsmith...him directly. I accordingly went as soon as I was dressed, and found that his landlady had arrested him for his rent, at which he was in a violent passion.... | |
| Walter Scott - 1847 - 726 pages
...be told in any other words than those of Johnson, as reported by his faithfuj chronicler, Boswell. "I received one morning a message from poor Goldsmith,...him directly. I accordingly went as soon as I was dressed, and found that his landlady had arrested him for his rent, at which he was in a violent passion.... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1847 - 558 pages
...been mis-stated, it may be proper to give an authentic detail of it as narrated by Johnson himself. escription ; both the one and the other were as great...could be: the beautiful Princess was conducted amidst dressed, and found that his landlady had arrested him for his rent, at which he was in a violent passion... | |
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